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Jasper
Jasper
00:12
@ColleenV Oh, I didn't know that is a keytar. =)
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
03:44
Orphica
The orphica is a portable piano invented by Carl Leopold Röllig in the late 18th century. Like a guitar, the orphica could be held on a shoulder strap, thus being an early forerunner of the modern keytar. Only a few orphicas were made in Vienna from 1795 to 1810; about 30 orphicas are still in existence today. == Beethoven's compositions for orphica == Among the few composers writing for the orphica was Ludwig van Beethoven. According to a letter of Beethoven's friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler from December 23, 1827, Wegeler had 2 Stückchen für die Orphica, die Bhven für meine Frau componirte ('2 small...
Anonymous
04:27
Ooh, that's a pretty word.
Jasper
Jasper
04:44
Today is actually Friday the 13th, lol.
 
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Anonymous
05:53
How often do those occur? Seems relatively often, though maybe time is just passing quickly for me.
Jasper
Jasper
08:22
@snailplane No idea, but it seems relatively infrequent for me, though time is also passing quickly for me.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
09:00
> The filtration and filling process involves the use of two disposable systems: system 1 and system 2. Before being put into operation, the two systems are connected via a specialized connector, forming a unified system, and are installed in(at) the equipment.
It this the right phrase: unified system?
Or should it be joint system or some other phrase?
Jasper
Jasper
09:25
@CowperKettle Unified system sounds fine to me.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thank you!
Anonymous
09:56
Sounds good to me, too.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thank you too!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:21
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Laconic Brits of the Day: the mains.
 
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Anonymous
12:41
Yep. We don't say mains much here in the States.
Anonymous
I did pick it up at some point over the years, probably over the internet.
Anonymous
So I at least understand it, though I wouldn't have as a child.
Anonymous
lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/EpistemologyOfSyntax.pdf
Jasper
Jasper
I don't call it the mains here in Antarctica.
In fact, I don't know what to call it, lol.
Are you keeping any snails as pets right now @snailplane?
Anonymous
13:14
No :-(
Anonymous
I have a hamster, though.
Anonymous
She's a very friendly hamster.
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
14:03
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: What does "relative importance" mean? by xdxd123 on ell.SE
Anonymous
Thanks, Smokey.
Anonymous
14:16
@Jasper Wikipedia sez: "In 2017, it occurs twice, on January 13 and October 13. There will be two Friday the 13ths per year until 2020, where 2021 and 2022 will have just one occurrence." It also says some years have up to three Friday the 13ths!
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I like powerline
It's short and clear
Anonymous
14:43
@CowperKettle Usually written as two words, isn't it?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
15:33
@snailplane dunno, I'm not an American! ))
Anonymous
Well, yeah, but being American isn't the requisite qualification to answer the question :-)
Anonymous
Hmm, looks like power line is rather more common than powerline in COCA, but both are attested.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> If you pronounce it Chamomile
That will your Yankiness reveal
For Brits assume it more worthwhile
To render it as Chamomile
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Anonymous
Starred :-)
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Thank you!
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> Connect the Palltronic Flowstar FFS04 R instrument to a 220V socket and make sure that the power cord firmly connects to the power supply socket on the instrument.
Uncharted water for me. I never translated such stuff.
In Russian it says "firmly connects" which means that the connector is firmly inside the socket.
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The power supply socket is marked no. 2
Ha.
I will use securely, or secure connection
"Firmly" is too carbon-copy
Anonymous
15:46
Firmly and securely both sound okay to me.
ColleenV
ColleenV
16:24
@CowperKettle I would use "properly seated". For example and that all of the motherboard connectors are properly seated
Connect the Palltronic Flowstar FFS04 R instrument to a 220V socket and make sure that the power cord is properly seated in the power supply socket on the instrument.
one sense of "to seat" is To fix firmly in place: seat an ammunition clip in an automatic rifle
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
16:49
@ColleenV Thank you! I actually wrote firmly seated -- Google Translate helped me))
> If the self-test fails a second time, consult the Site Supervisor.
I thought of writing contact but the Supervisor might be in the same room!
That would be preposterous
I thought of writing approach but that is too informal IMHO
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
17:47
@snailplane I came upon a woman on the Russian social network Odnoklassniki (Classmates) who has been building the genealogic tree of all people bearing my maternal grandfather's surname.
I suddenly came to know who my ancestors were starting from 1725!
From 1725 until 1907 they were blacksmiths. The last one was a metalware master.
Amazing.
I know their names, the names of their wives, and the dates of births and deaths.
And they all lived in the town of Rezh.
 
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Cardinal
Cardinal
18:57
word of the day: abscissa
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
19:08
Good evening, @Cardinal
> Open the clamp on the filtration line upstream of valve MV01.
Is it okay to omit the before "valve"? Does the same rule apply as with numbers?
> 12.2.3.11 Open the protective lid on the (???) FLT02 filter.
 
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Feeds
Feeds
20:39
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Q: Should I cite someone else's comment in my answer?

mathewbI see a lot of answers to questions in the comments of the questions. That's already been discussed in depth. I'm wondering about something in relation to that. Is there a general policy for taking someone else's comment and turning it into my own answer? For instance, here I took a comment from ...

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Cardinal
Cardinal
21:20
@CowperKettle Privet.
Jasper
Jasper
21:40
@CowperKettle It's OK for me to omit the there. Open the clamp on the filtration line upstream of valve MV01. And Open the protective lid on filter FLT02.
@Cardinal That is a word I have never used and may never use this lifetime, lol.
@snailplane It's cool that you used sez instead of says, lol.

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